InternetEx-Google workers launch Internet search rival Cuil (AFP)

AFP - A group of former Google engineers on Monday launched a rival Internet search engine, Cuil, saying it is an improved version of the world's most popular Web-scouring tool.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A group of former Google engineers on Monday launched a rival Internet search engine, Cuil, saying it is an improved version of the world's most popular Web-scouring tool. Cuil's founders are taking unabashed aim at their one-time workplace, claiming they out search Google when it comes to depth and breadth on the rapidly expanding Internet. "The Internet is getting bigger and more disorganized every day," Cuil's founders said in a posting on the website that went live Monday at www.cuil.com. "We've developed new architecture and algorithms that can handle the exponential growth of the Internet and organize results that reflect its enormous complexity." Cuil says that unlike Google, which reportedly ignores seldom visited or obscure websites in its index, Cuil doesn't discriminate and has packed 120 billion Internet pages in its index. "Size matters because many people use the Internet to find information that is of interest to them, even if it's not popular," Cuil said. ... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

InternetOnline threats materializing faster, study shows (AP)

AP - The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows.

InternetEx-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search (AP)

AP - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.